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Second hake research period starts
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Hake research will contribute to gathering further knowledge on the recruitment of the species. (Photo: Jorge Hernandez/IEO)
Second hake research period starts
SPAIN
Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 22:40 (GMT + 9)
A team of 19 researchers from various scientific organizations is setting sail today aboard the research vessel Cornide Saavedra, belonging to the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) to start the second stage of the project ‘Ecology of hake recruitment: implications for the resource management.’
The scientists belong to the Technology Marine and Food Research Centre (AZTI-Tecnalia), the IEO and the Institute of Marine Research (IIM) of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC).
The experts attempt to analyze the ecological processes of hake recruitment, from the earliest stages of life to the stage at which the resource is permanently recruited.
The survey, coordinated by the CSIC, will take 15 days and cover the Galician shelf between Finisterre zones and Estaca de Bares.
The first survey took place between 28 February and 13 March this year and its purpose was to evaluate the ecology of hake recruitment.
All the surveys are carried out in the Galician shelf and use scientific echosounders, which are tools for the detection of hake larvae and post-larvae and those of other species of commercial interest, according to the IEO.
The first two surveys to assess the hake from the Galician shelf are funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Meanwhile, the third and final research will be funded by Xunta de Galicia, under the project ‘Ecology of hake recruitment and early life stages in Galicia’.
The studies were scheduled based on the start times of the resource throughout the year, that is to say, in spring and summer.
As indicated by Fran Saborido, IIM-CSIC researcher, “in the first survey for the first time more than 600 hake larvae were collected, thanks to the combination of methodologies and to the multidisciplinary experience of those teams participating in the project.”
The IEO explained that the investigation beginning today, the sampling of hake larvae, postlarvae and juvenile specimens will continue and the recording of oceanographic and acoustic data will also be developed, which will contribute to the advance of the knowledge on ecological processes of the recruitment of the species.
By Analia Murias
editorial@fis.com
www.fis.com
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